East-West arms control : challenges for the western alliance / edited by David Dewitt and Hans Rattinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dewitt, David B. (David Brian), 1948-

Rattinger, Hans.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Arms control.

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assuming a movement towards détente, East-West Arms Control assesses the role and relevance of arms control in an era of rapidly eroding bipolarity and East-West confrontation. It takes a sober look at the significance of what has been achieved so far, where the arms control process is currently heading and what prospects and challenges the Western Alliance will face.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Arms control, NATO strategy and alliance politics; Strategy, arms control and reassurance: dilemmas in German American security relations; Two interpretations of NATO strategy: defence vs punishment; US nuclear doctrine and NATO's strategy; Strategy and force requirements; The public debate over NATO's strategy; Risk sharing; Arms control: détente vs deterrence; Arms control objectives; Conventional force reductions in Europe; Difference and reassurance; Conclusions; Notes

The political and strategic implications of the INF treaty for NATO Notes; Arms control after the INF treaty; Requirements for successful negotiations on force reductions in Europe; Notes; Security and arms control in Europe: a German perspective; The Vienna mandate; Problems of conventional stability; The negotiations on conventional forces in Europe; Negotiations: the first phase; The nuclear issue; The comprehensive concept; Conclusions; Notes; The role of confidence-building measures; Confidence- and security-building measures: an evolving East West security regime?

International regimes and the study of international governance Regime analysis and the study of East West relations; CSBM a security regime in and for Europe?; Towards an explanation of the CSBM regime; Impact of the CSBM regime on the security problematique in Europe; Conclusions; Notes; Confidence-building processes CSCE and MBFR: a review and assessment; The CFE talks/CDE relationship; A closer look at CFE CDE connections; CFE/CDE synergy; Overview of the MBFR and CSCE processes; The MBFR; Negotiations on conventional armed forces in Europe; The CSCE/CDE process; CDE2; Conclusions; Notes

Public opinion, domestic policies and arms control The INF agreement and public opinion in West Germany; Perceptions of the national security environment; Credit for the INF agreement and images of the superpowers; Attitudes on consequences of the INF treaty; Conclusions; Notes; Towards an anti-nuclear consensus? West Germany, INF and the future of nuclear arms control in Europe; Transatlantic coalition building: INF and West German American relations; Misjudgments on all sides: INF and the national security debate in West Germany

Gesamtkonzept, or integrating nuclear deterrence and arms control in post-INF Europe Conclusions; Notes; Up (or down) on arms: American and Canadian public attitudes in the mid-1980s; Strategy and arms control; Building the model: enemies, capabilities, threat, war and weapons; Reconsidering the models: the desirability of superiority; Canadian American differences; Conclusions; Notes; European arms control in the 1990's; CFE and the future of Europe; Conventional force reductions and the political environment; The complex of European security issues: mid-summer 1990

The current situation and future prospects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-96617-2

1-134-96618-0

1-280-32655-7

0-203-19207-9

9780203192078

OCLC:

437082232